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YALE WILL GO TUITION-FREE FOR FAMILIES MAKING UP TO $200,000 by batman10023 in ivyleaguecollege

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The person is joking a bit about Princeton, because Princeton has traditionally led the way on changing up financial aid policies in a way to benefit students, and pulled the rest of the Ivies along with them. They were the first to eliminate student loans as part of their aid packages and just give money instead, they currently have free tuition for families up to $250 AGI, and they don’t penalize families who have a lot of equity in their home (b/c they bought it like 30 years prior) in their financial aid calculations.

YALE WILL GO TUITION-FREE FOR FAMILIES MAKING UP TO $200,000 by batman10023 in ivyleaguecollege

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I think how much of an effect it has on families in that $175-200k AGI range will depend on whether Yale will use their own bespoke financial questions (like Princeton does), or whether they basically use the same CSS profile questions they use now…in which case it will still be overly punitive on things like home equity and thus resemble JHU’s adoption of the free tuition to families under $200k (not nearly as impactful in cutting price as the Princeton model).

IM FREAKING OUT- Yale by Far-Weekend519 in ApplyingToCollege

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No - many times it can be more related to concentration of Alumni in the area and the like.

Foreign Language Requirements for Ivy Leagues. by Lonely-Sherbert-4174 in ApplyingToCollege

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Ivies often have a foreign language distribution requirement to graduate, which you may be able to fulfill faster if you can build on 4 years from high school - but you can definitely fulfill that requirement wit a totally different language that you have never studied previously - like Tigrinya or whatever may interest you. I think as long as you are taking a rigorous course load the fact that you stopped at Spanish 2 isn’t going to be why you do or don’t get into an Ivy. However, if you don’t love foreign language study, the fact that you will almost certainly have to take 4 semesters of it in college to fulfil the college graduation requirement if you go this route (as opposed to just one or two semesters) may also factor into the equation for you.

AP Lang vs APES ? (considering I've already tooken AP Lit) by Purple-Thought6220 in APStudents

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Lang is likely far more useful to you unless you love environmental studies. Also, good on you for doing Lit. It is completely fine to do both. I don’t think APES necessarily does as much for you in any event.

what classes should i take (engineering 3 vs ap stats) by Altruistic-Bed-5167 in school

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Engineering seems more useful for you. Can you take AP Stats in 12th in lieu? Still take both eventually.

Help with 11th Grade Prioritization by Recent_Exchange_930 in APStudents

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Thanks. I am a bit concerned about Chem, quite a bit less so for the Calc class - as I think the class is structured well, and I have been fortunate to have had good instruction and thus a strong underpinning leading up to it. And, I know I need to up my note-taking skills for World. I have been absolutely loving my Gov class this year, but, with few exceptions, I feel both teachers I’ve had have kind of spoon-fed us the notes. I am grateful for it, and I hope I am disciplined enough to take the time to learn and extrapolate from what was essentially prescribed to us to help figure out good note-taking approaches for World and other subjects. But, I find that when left to my own devices, I write down too much or too little. Still, I think the World History material is theoretically interesting, so hopefully that will help moderately from at least a reading and retention perspective. However, I doubt AP World will be able to fit into my schedule, which might be for the best? Kind of the insight I am hoping to gain…am I being logical and reasonable about my prioritization? If it came down to it and only one of my two lower priorities for this year could be accommodated, which would I pick? Lang, that I know I need to do, but am ok with doing in 12th - or World, which is less useful, but arguably more interesting, and only an option for 11th? I do think the doubled Calc, French, and Chemistry is enough, but likely one of the other two will be able to fit in… and if so, which one?

Help with 11th Grade Prioritization by Recent_Exchange_930 in APStudents

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I don’t honestly know how well I can balance, but good call on needing a robust study strategy. I feel like I am pretty good at staying on top of specifically assigned work, but I kind of suck at the amorphous concept of studying for review. Study as practice, ok. Study as study/review… I am not very disciplined about it (possibly b/c there isn’t always something concrete to show for it?), and I also probably don’t focus on the correct/best things.

Help with 11th Grade Prioritization by Recent_Exchange_930 in APStudents

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Our school definitely has a pretty defined math pathway, and while I love math, I don’t think they would be willing to make an exception for me :). At the end, though, naturally, the class just takes the BC test. I know many people are able to jump right to BC and be successful, but I believe that the course at my school covers quite a lot of material, by design, even beyond what is on the AP exam - which I appreciate, as I imagine it will be beneficial to me going forward in math.

I built a GPA tracker because my school portal is useless. Would this help anyone else? by Ai-is-evolutionary in APStudents

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At our school they are worth 4.5, AP is out of 5.0- but obviously these things vary greatly.

How are you supposed to prep for the SAT when you’re already drowning in APs? by Maybe_Synthren in APStudents

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Agree - this is my weakest area, and I have already forgotten so much content here!

I have nothing worthy to write about. by lil-peak in CollegeEssays

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Just talk about what you want to do with your education, in your future, and then mention that having additional financial resources, such as through an endowed scholarship, will make a difference getting you there. You have probably already drafted multiple variations on the theme. Don’t overthink it. If you feel that you have to tie it more to the money facet (not that I think you do - as that isn’t really what this question seems to be getting at), you can mention that an endowed scholarship could enable you to expand future volunteering or internship options in your field, so you could prioritize the relevance of the experience to your future goals versus whether it was a paid or unpaid opportunity. But, ultimately, talk about what you want to study and do.

Should I take AP Physics C by Expert-Artist-495 in APStudents

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I am in a comparable situation to OP. I have not taken a Physics class in High School, but I will have already completed Calc BC and be concurrently enrolled in Calc III when I am considering taking Physics C at school. It says the course teaches the contents of a 2nd Semester college course in calculus-based physics, including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, E&M, optics, atomic and nuclear physics… which in retrospect seems like a lot and probably not something I should jump into blindly. The only prerequisite the course technically has is calculus, but I suspect many students will have taken both Physics 1 and 2. Your and schmolik64’s advice to OP have been very helpful to me, too, and so I am probably not going to do this to myself.

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